Permit no

FEB 1 7 I*

THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA

)

GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

IN THE MATTER of a permit to Unigas
Corporation authorizing the removal of gas from
the Province

PERMIT NO. GR 91-120

WHEREAS the Energy Resources Conservation Board is of the opinion that the granting
of the application by Unigas Corporation for the removal of gas from the Province is in the public interest,
and the Minister of Energy has given his approval hereto attached.

THEREFORE, the Energy Resources Conservation Board, pursuant to the Gas Resources
Preservation Act, being chapter G-3.1 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1984, hereby orders as follows:

1. The application of Unigas Corporation (hereinafter called "the Permittee") for removal of
gas from the Province, is approved, subject to the terms and conditions herein contained.

2. Gas shall be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit in accordance with
Application No. 911270 by the Permittee dated 3 September 1991, as amended by letter from the

) Permittee dated 5 September 1991.

3. This permit shall be operative for a term ending 30 September 1993.

4. The quantity of gas that may be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall
not exceed 600 000 000 cubic metres.

5. The Permittee shall remove or cause to be removed only such gas as is transported on
behalf of the Permittee through

(a) Section 9 of Township 20, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian, for delivery from
the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of TransCanada
PipeLines Limited, or

(b) Section 1 of Township 20, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian, for delivery from
the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of Foothills Pipe
Lines (Sask.) Ltd., or

(c) Section 12 of Township 62, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian, for delivery from
the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of TransGas
Limited, or

(d) Section 19 of Township 32, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian, for delivery from
\ the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of Many Islands

Pipe Lines (Canada) Limited, or

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(e) Section 1 of Township 56, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian, for delivery from
the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of TransGas
Limited, or

(f) Section 13 of Township 30, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian, for delivery from
the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of TransGas
Limited, or

(g) Section 11 of Township 38, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian, for delivery from
the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of TransGas
Limited.

6. (1) All gas removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall be measured by or
on behalf of the Permittee by meters approved by the Board.

(2) The relative density, higher heating value and volume of all gas received by the
Permittee through the facilities referred to in clause 5 shall be measured and reported in a manner
approved by the Board, by or on behalf of the Permittee, at or near the points at which gas is delivered by
the said faculties.

7. All quantities of gas for the purpose of this permit shall be referred to a 101.325 kilopascal
pressure base and a 15° Celsius temperature base.

8. The Permittee shall supply gas from the pipeline of NOVA Corporation of Alberta at a
reasonable price to any community or consumer within the Province, or to any public utility requiring gas
for such community or consumer that is willing to take delivery of gas at a point on the pipeline
transmitting the gas, and that, in the opinion of the Board, can reasonably be so supplied by the Permittee.

9. If any community, consumer or public utility is willing to take delivery of gas pursuant to
clause 8 and agreement on the price to be paid for the gas cannot be reached, the price to be paid shall be
determined by the Public Utilities Board on the application of an interested party, and the part of the price
attributable to transportation shall be based on the assumption that the gas has been supplied from the
capable source or sources available to the Permittee nearest to the point of delivery.

10. This permit may be rescinded at any time after 5 May 1992 if no gas has been removed
from the Province pursuant to this permit before 5 May 1992.

11. (1) Attached hereto as Appendix A to this permit is the Ministerial Approval of the
Minister of Energy authorizing the granting of this permit

(2) This permit is subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by the order of the
Minister of Energy set out in Appendix A.

MADE at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, this 6th day of February 1992.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

APPENDIX A TO PERMIT NO. GR 91-120

GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Ministerial Approval

Edmonton, Alberta

Pursuant to section 6 of the Gas Resources Preservation Act, I, the
undersigned, Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta, approve
the granting by the Energy Resources Conservation Board of Permit No.
GR 91-120 to Unigas Corporation (hereinafter called "the Permittee") ,
subject to the following terms and conditions:

1(1) In these terms and conditions,

(a) "buy-sell transaction" means a contract or arrangement between
an end user of gas removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
and a distributor under which

(i) the end user sells gas to the distributor for delivery at
a point upstream from the place where the gas will be
consumed or used by the end user, and

(ii) the distributor sells to the end user an equal quantity
of gas for delivery at or near the place where the gas
will be consumed or used by the end user;

(b) "distributor" means a person who carries on business as a
distributor of gas;

(c) "downstream arrangements", in relation to gas removed or to be
removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit, means

(i) downstream contracts relating to the gas, and

(ii) end use arrangements relating to the gas;

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(d) "downstream contract" means a contract under which gas is sold
or otherwise disposed of for delivery outside Alberta and
includes an agreement that amends or varies that contract, but
does not include a buy-sell transaction;

(e) "end use arrangement" means an existing or proposed
arrangement under which gas is or is to be consumed or used
outside Alberta by an end user, and includes a buy-sell
transaction relating to that gas;

(f) "end user", in relation to gas removed or to be removed from
Alberta pursuant to the permit, means a person who consumes or
uses, or will consume or use, the gas at a place outside
Alberta ;

(g) "filed downstream arrangements" means

(i) the downstream arrangements respecting the gas removed or
to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit as
described in the information respecting those downstream
arrangements filed with the Minister by the Permittee in
connection with the application for the approval of the
granting of the permit by the Minister, or

(ii) information filed with the Minister by the Permittee
pursuant to section 3(1) of these terms and conditions,

subject to any change in those downstream arrangements in respect of
which there has been compliance with section 2 of these terms and
conditions .

(2) A reference in a provision of these terms and conditions to
"adequate information" means information that is adequate in
the opinion of the Minister for the purpose of that provision.

(3) For the purpose of these terms and conditions, information
shall be considered as being filed with the Minister if the
Minister or an employee of the Department of Energy

(a) has given a written acknowledgement of the filing to the
Permittee, and

(b) has furnished to the permittee copies of that
information.

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)

2(1) Gas shall not be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
under downstream arrangements different from the filed
downstream arrangements relating to the permit unless

(a) adequate information has been filed with the Minister
respecting the change in the filed downstream arrangements,
and

(b) the Minister has given his written consent to the removal of
the gas from Alberta under the changed downstream arrangements
prior to the effective date of the change as described in the
information filed under clause (a) .

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) , a change in filed
downstream arrangements includes, without limitation,

(a) entering into a downstream contract or making an end use
arrangement that was not previously part of the filed
downstream arrangements, and

(b) an amendment or variation of a downstream contract that
changes or affects the filed downstream arrangements
respecting that downstream contract,

but does not include the termination or discharge of a downstream
contract that was previously part of the filed downstream
arrangements or the cessation of an end use arrangement that was
previously part of the filed downstream arrangements.

3(1) The Permittee will, on being requested to do so by the
Minister by a notice in writing, furnish to or file with the
Minister, within the time prescribed by the notice, any
information described in the notice and relating to the gas
removed or to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit.

(2) The Minister may require that any information furnished to or
filed with him pursuant to these 7 terms and conditions be
verified in any manner the Minister directs

Rick Orman
Minister of Energy

THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA

GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

IN THE MATTER of a permit to Northstar Energy
Corporation authorizing the removal of gas from
the Province

PERMIT NO. GR 92-2

WHEREAS the Energy Resources Conservation Board is of the opinion that the granting
of the application by Northstar Energy Corporation for the removal of gas from the Province is in the
public interest, and the Minister of Energy has given his approval hereto attached.

THEREFORE, the Energy Resources Conservation Board, pursuant to the Gas Resources
Preservation Act, being chapter G-3.1 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1984, hereby orders as follows:

1. The application of Northstar Energy Corporation (hereinafter called "the Permittee") for
removal of gas from the Province, is approved, subject to the terms and conditions herein contained.

2. Gas shall be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit in accordance with
Application No. 920103 by the Permittee dated 24 January 1992.

3. This permit shall be operative for a term commencing 1 November 1991 and ending 31
October 1992.

4. The quantity of gas that may be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall
not exceed 73 000 000 cubic metres.

5. The Permittee shall remove or cause to be removed only such gas as is transported on
behalf of the Permittee through Section 9 of Township 20, Range 1 , West of the 4th Meridian, for delivery
from the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of Trans Canada PipeLines Limited.

6. (1) All gas removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall be measured by or
on behalf of the Permittee by meters approved by the Board.

(2) The relative density, higher heating value and volume of all gas received by the
Permittee through the facilities referred to in clause 5 shall be measured and reported in a manner
approved by the Board, by or on behalf of the Permittee, at or near the points at which gas is delivered by
the said facilities.

7. All quantities of gas for the purpose of this permit shall be referred to a 101.325 kilopascal
pressure base and a 15° Celsius temperature base.

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8. The Permittee shall supply gas from the pipeline of NOVA Corporation of Alberta at a
reasonable price to any community or consumer within the Province, or to any public utility requiring gas
for such community or consumer that is willing to take delivery of gas at a point on the pipeline
transmitting the gas, and that, in the opinion of the Board, can reasonably be so supplied by the Permittee.

9. If any community, consumer or public utility is willing to take delivery of gas pursuant to
clause 8 and agreement on the price to be paid for the gas cannot be reached, the price to be paid shall be
determined by the Public Utilities Board on the application of an interested party, and the part of the price
attributable to transportation shall be based on the assumption that the gas has been supplied from the
capable source or sources available to the Permittee nearest to the point of delivery.

10. (1) Attached hereto as Appendix A to this permit is the Ministerial Approval of the
Minister of Energy authorizing the granting of this permit

(2) This permit is subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by the order of the
Minister of Energy set out in Appendix A.

MADE at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, this 6th day of February, 1992.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

APPENDIX A TO PERMIT NO. GR 92-2
GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Ministerial Approval

Edmonton, Alberta
hQ 5l > 1992

Pursuant to section 6 of the Gas Resources Preservation Act, I, the
undersigned, Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta, approve
the granting by the Energy Resources Conservation Board of Permit No.
GR 92-2 to Northstar Energy Corporation (hereinafter called "the
Permittee") , subject to the following terms and conditions:

1(1) In these terms and conditions,

(a) "buy-sell transaction" means a contract or arrangement between
an end user of gas removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
and a distributor under which

(i) the end user sells gas to the distributor for delivery at
a point upstream from the place where the gas will be
consumed or used by the end user, and

(ii) the distributor sells to the end user an equal quantity
of gas for delivery at or near the place where the gas
will be consumed or used by the end user;

(b) "distributor" means a person who carries on business as a
distributor of gas;

(c) "downstream arrangements", in relation to gas removed or to be
removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit, means

(i) downstream contracts relating to the gas, and

(ii) end use arrangements relating to the gas;

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(d) "downstream contract" means a contract under which gas is sold
or otherwise disposed of for delivery outside Alberta and
includes an agreement that amends or varies that contract, but
does not include a buy-sell transaction;

(e) "end use arrangement" means an existing or proposed
arrangement under which gas is or is to be consumed or used
outside Alberta by an end user, and includes a buy-sell
transaction relating to that gas;

(f) "end user", in relation to gas removed or to be removed from
Alberta pursuant to the permit, means a person who consumes or
uses, or will consume or use, the gas at a place outside
Alberta ;

(g) "filed downstream arrangements" means

(i) the downstream arrangements respecting the gas removed or
to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit as
described in the information respecting those downstream
arrangements filed with the Minister by the Permittee in
connection with the application for the approval of the
granting of the permit by the Minister, or

(ii) information filed with the Minister by the Permittee
pursuant to section 3(1) of these terms and conditions,

subject to any change in those downstream arrangements in respect of
which there has been compliance with section 2 of these terms and
conditions.

(2) A reference in a provision of these terms and conditions to
"adequate information" means information that is adequate in
the opinion of the Minister for the purpose of that provision.

(3) For the purpose of these terms and conditions, information
shall be considered as being filed with the Minister if the
Minister or an employee of the Department of Energy

(a) has given a written acknowledgement of the filing to the
Permittee, and

(b) has furnished to the permittee copies of that
information.

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2(1) Gas shall not be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
under downstream arrangements different from the filed
downstream arrangements relating to the permit unless

(a) adequate information has been filed with the Minister
respecting the change in the filed downstream arrangements,
and

(b) the Minister has given his written consent to the removal of
the gas from Alberta under the changed downstream arrangements
prior to the effective date of the change as described in the
information filed under clause (a) .

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) , a change in filed
downstream arrangements includes, without limitation,

(a) entering into a downstream contract or making an end use
arrangement that was not previously part of the filed
downstream arrangements, and

(b) an amendment or variation of a downstream contract that
changes or affects the filed downstream arrangements
respecting that downstream contract,

but does not include the termination or discharge of a downstream
contract that was previously part of the filed downstream
arrangements or the cessation of an end use arrangement that was
previously part of the filed downstream arrangements.

3(1) The Permittee will, on being requested to do so by the
Minister by a notice in writing, furnish to or file with the
Minister, within the time prescribed by the notice, any
information described in the notice and relating to the gas
removed or to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit.

(2) The Minister may require that any information furnished to or
filed with him pursuant to these terms and conditions be
verified in any manner the Minister directs.

nt . A /too

OCT 1 5 tQOf

THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA

GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

IN THE MATTER of a permit to Renaissance
Energy Ltd. authorizing the removal of gas from
the Province

PERMIT NO. GR 91-121

WHEREAS the Energy Resources Conservation Board is of the opinion that the granting
of the application by Renaissance Energy Ltd. for the removal of gas from the Province is in the public
interest, and the Minister of Energy has given his approval hereto attached.

THEREFORE, the Energy Resources Conservation Board, pursuant to the Gas Resources
Preservation Act, being chapter G-3.1 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1984, hereby orders as follows:

1. The application of Renaissance Energy Ltd. (hereinafter called "the Permittee") for
removal of gas from the Province, is approved, subject to the terms and conditions herein contained.

2. Gas shall be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit in accordance with
Application No. 911243 by the Permittee dated 28 August 1991.

3. This permit shall be operative for a 1-year term commencing 1 November 1991.

4. The quantity of gas that may be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall
not exceed 11 000 000 cubic metres.

5. The Permittee shall remove or cause to be removed only such gas as is transported on
behalf of the Permittee through Section 9 of Township 20, Range 1 , West of the 4th Meridian, for
delivery from the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of TransCanada PipeLines
Limited.

6. (1) All gas removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall be measured by or
on behalf of the Permittee by meters approved by the Board.

(2) The relative density, higher heating value and volume of all gas received by the
Permittee through the facilities referred to in clause 5 shall be measured and reported in a manner
approved by the Board, by or on behalf of the Permittee, at or near the points at which gas is delivered by
the said facilities.

7. All quantities of gas for the purpose of this permit shall be referred to a 101.325
kilopascal pressure base and a 15° Celsius temperature base.

8. The Permittee shall supply gas from the pipeline of NOVA Corporation of Alberta at a
reasonable price to any community or consumer within the Province, or to any public utility requiring gas
for such community or consumer that is willing to take delivery of gas at a point on the pipeline
transmitting the gas, and that, in the opinion of the Board, can reasonably be so supplied by the Permittee.

9. If any community, consumer or public utility is willing to take delivery of gas pursuant to
clause 8 and agreement on the price to be paid for the gas cannot be reached, the price to be paid shall be
determined by the Public Utilities Board on the application of an interested party, and the part of the price
attributable to transportation shall be based on the assumption that the gas has been supplied from the
capable source or sources available to the Permittee nearest to the point of delivery.

10. This permit may be rescinded at any time after 30 January 1992 if no gas has been
removed from the Province pursuant to this permit before 30 January 1992.

11. (1) Attached hereto as Appendix A to this permit is the Ministerial Approval of the
Minister of Energy authorizing the granting of this permit.

(2) This permit is subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by the order of the
Minister of Energy set out in Appendix A.

MADE at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, this 7th day of October, 1991.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

APPENDIX A TO PERMIT NO. GR 91-121

GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Ministerial Approval

Edmonton, Alberta
2££t_Lj_, 1991

Pursuant to section 6 of the Gas Resources Preservation Act, I, the
undersigned, Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta, approve
the granting by the Energy Resources Conservation Board of Permit No.
GR 91-121 to Renaissance Energy Ltd. (hereinafter called "the
Permittee") , subject to the following terms and conditions:

1(1) In these terms and conditions,

(a) "buy-sell transaction" means a contract or arrangement between
an end user of gas removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
and a distributor under which

(i) the end user sells gas to the distributor for delivery at
a point upstream from the place where the gas will be
consumed or used by the end user, and

(ii) the distributor sells to the end user an equal quantity
of gas for delivery at or near the place where the gas
will be consumed or used by the end user;

(b) "distributor" means a person who carries on business as a
distributor of gas;

(c) "downstream arrangements", in relation to gas removed or to be
removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit, means

(i) downstream contracts relating to the gas, and

(ii) end use arrangements relating to the gas;

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(d) "downstream contract" means a contract under which gas is sold
or otherwise disposed of for delivery outside Alberta and
includes an agreement that amends or varies that contract, but
does not include a buy-sell transaction;

(e) "end use arrangement" means an existing or proposed
arrangement under which gas is or is to be consumed or used
outside Alberta by an end user, and includes a buy-sell
transaction relating to that gas;

(f) "end user", in relation to gas removed or to be removed from
Alberta pursuant to the permit, means a person who consumes or
uses, or will consume or use, the gas at a place outside
Alberta ;

(g) "filed downstream arrangements" means

(i) the downstream arrangements respecting the gas removed or
to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit as
described in the information respecting those downstream
arrangements filed with the Minister by the Permittee in
connection with the application for the approval of the
granting of the permit by the Minister, or

(ii) information filed with the Minister by the Permittee
pursuant to section 3(1) of these terms and conditions,

subject to any change in those downstream arrangements in respect of
which there has been compliance with section 2 of these terms and
conditions .

(2) A reference in a provision of these terms and conditions to
"adequate information" means information that is adequate in
the opinion of the Minister for the purpose of that provision.

(3) For the purpose of these terms and conditions, information
shall be considered as being filed with the Minister if the
Minister or an employee of the Department of Energy

(a) has given a written acknowledgement of the filing to the
Permittee, and

(b) has furnished to the permittee copies of that
information.

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2(1) Gas shall not be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
under downstream arrangements different from the filed
downstream arrangements relating to the permit unless

(a) adequate information has been filed with the Minister
respecting the change in the filed downstream arrangements,
and

(b) the Minister has given his written consent to the removal of
the gas from Alberta under the changed downstream arrangements
prior to the effective date of the change as described in the
information filed under clause (a) .

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) , a change in filed
downstream arrangements includes, without limitation,

(a) entering into a downstream contract or making an end use
arrangement that was not previously part of the filed
downstream arrangements, and

(b) an amendment or variation of a downstream contract that
changes or affects the filed downstream arrangements
respecting that downstream contract,

but does not include the termination or discharge of a downstream
contract that was previously part of the filed downstream
arrangements or the cessation of an end use arrangement that was
previously part of the filed downstream arrangements.

3(1) The Permittee will, on being requested to do so by the
Minister by a notice in writing, furnish to or file with the
Minister, within the time prescribed by the notice, any
information described in the notice and relating to the gas
removed or to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit.

(2) The Minister may require that any information furnished to or
filed with him pursuant to these terms and conditions be
verified in any manner the Minister directs.

VAN/

THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA

GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

IN THE MATTER of a permit to Renaissance
Energy Ltd. authorizing the removal of gas from
the Province

PERMIT NO. GR 91-122

WHEREAS the Energy Resources Conservation Board is of the opinion that the granting
of the application by Renaissance Energy Ltd. for the removal of gas from the Province is in the public
interest, and the Minister of Energy has given his approval hereto attached.

THEREFORE, the Energy Resources Conservation Board, pursuant to the Gas Resources
Preservation Act, being chapter G-3.1 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1984, hereby orders as follows:

1. The application of Renaissance Energy Ltd. (hereinafter called "the Permittee") for
removal of gas from the Province, is approved, subject to the terms and conditions herein contained.

2. Gas shall be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit in accordance with
Application No. 911244 by the Permittee dated 27 August 1991.

3. This permit shall be operative for a 1-year term commencing 1 November 1991.

4. The quantity of gas that may be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall
not exceed 200 000 000 cubic metres.

5. The Permittee shall remove or cause to be removed only such gas as is transported on
behalf of the Permittee through Section 9 of Township 20, Range 1 , West of the 4th Meridian, for
delivery from the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of TransCanada PipeLines
Limited.

6. (1) All gas removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall be measured by or
on behalf of the Permittee by meters approved by the Board.

(2) The relative density, higher heating value and volume of all gas received by the
Permittee through the facilities referred to in clause 5 shall be measured and reported in a manner
approved by the Board, by or on behalf of the Permittee, at or near the points at which gas is delivered by
the said facilities.

7. All quantities of gas for the purpose of this permit shall be referred to a 101.325
kilopascal pressure base and a 15° Celsius temperature base.

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8. The Permittee shall supply gas from the pipeline of NOVA Corporation of Alberta at a
reasonable price to any community or consumer within the Province, or to any public utility requiring gas
for such community or consumer that is willing to take delivery of gas at a point on the pipeline
transmitting the gas, and that, in the opinion of the Board, can reasonably be so supplied by the Permittee.

9. If any community, consumer or public utility is willing to take delivery of gas pursuant to
clause 8 and agreement on the price to be paid for the gas cannot be reached, the price to be paid shall be
determined by the Public Utilities Board on the application of an interested party, and the part of the price
attributable to transportation shall be based on the assumption that the gas has been supplied from the
capable source or sources available to the Permittee nearest to the point of delivery.

10. This permit may be rescinded at any time after 30 January 1992 if no gas has been
removed from the Province pursuant to this permit before 30 January 1992.

11. (1) Attached hereto as Appendix A to this permit is the Ministerial Approval of the
Minister of Energy authorizing the granting of this permit.

(2) This permit is subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by the order of the
Minister of Energy set out in Appendix A.

MADE at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, this 7th day of October, 1991.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

APPENDIX A TO PERMIT NO. GR 91-122

GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Ministerial Approval

Edmonton, Alberta
lipL_lfL 1991

Pursuant to section 6 of the Gas Resources Preservation Act, I, the
undersigned, Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta, approve
the granting by the Energy Resources Conservation Board of Permit No.
GR 91-122 to Renaissance Energy Ltd. (hereinafter called "the
Permittee") , subject to the following terms and conditions:

1(1) In these terms and conditions,

(a) "buy-sell transaction" means a contract or arrangement between
an end user of gas removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
and a distributor under which

(i) the end user sells gas to the distributor for delivery at
a point upstream from the place where the gas will be
consumed or used by the end user, and

(ii) the distributor sells to the end user an equal quantity
of gas for delivery at or near the place where the gas
will be consumed or used by the end user;

(b) "distributor" means a person who carries on business as a
distributor of gas;

(c) "downstream arrangements", in relation to gas removed or to be
removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit, means

(i) downstream contracts relating to the gas, and

(ii) end use arrangements relating to the gas;

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(d) "downstream contract" means a contract under which gas is sold
or otherwise disposed of for delivery outside Alberta and
includes an agreement that amends or varies that contract, but
does not include a buy-sell transaction;

(e) "end use arrangement" means an existing or proposed
arrangement under which gas is or is to be consumed or used
outside Alberta by an end user, and includes a buy-sell
transaction relating to that gas;

(f) "end user", in relation to gas removed or to be removed from
Alberta pursuant to the permit, means a person who consumes or
uses, or will consume or use, the gas at a place outside
Alberta ;

(g) "filed downstream arrangements" means

(i) the downstream arrangements respecting the gas removed or
to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit as
described in the information respecting those downstream
arrangements filed with the Minister by the Permittee in
connection with the application for the approval of the
granting of the permit by the Minister, or

(ii) information filed with the Minister by the Permittee
pursuant to section 3(1) of these terms and conditions,

subject to any change in those downstream arrangements in respect of
which there has been compliance with section 2 of these terms and
conditions .

(2) A reference in a provision of these terms and conditions to
"adequate information" means information that is adequate in
the opinion of the Minister for the purpose of that provision.

(3) For the purpose of these terms and conditions, information
shall be considered as being filed with the Minister if the
Minister or an employee of the Department of Energy

(a) has given a written acknowledgement of the filing to the
Permittee, and

(b) has furnished to the permittee copies of that
information.

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2(1) Gas shall not be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
under downstream arrangements different from the filed
downstream arrangements relating to the permit unless

(a) adequate information has been filed with the Minister
respecting the change in the filed downstream arrangements,
and

(b) the Minister has given his written consent to the removal of
the gas from Alberta under the changed downstream arrangements
prior to the effective date of the change as described in the
information filed under clause (a) .

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) , a change in filed
downstream arrangements includes, without limitation,

(a) entering into a downstream contract or making an end use
arrangement that was not previously part of the filed
downstream arrangements, and

(b) an amendment or variation of a downstream contract that
changes or affects the filed downstream arrangements
respecting that downstream contract,

but does not include the termination or discharge of a downstream
contract that was previously part of the filed downstream
arrangements or the cessation of an end use arrangement that was
previously part of the filed downstream arrangements.

3(1) The Permittee will, on being requested to do so by the
Minister by a notice in writing, furnish to or file with the
Minister, within the time prescribed by the notice, any
information described in the notice and relating to the gas
removed or to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit.

(2) The Minister may require that any information furnished to or
filed with him pursuant to these terms and conditions be
verified in any manner the Minister directs.

Rick Orman
Minister of Energy

OCT

THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA

GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT
ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

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IN THE MATTER of a permit to Renaissance
Energy Ltd. authorizing the removal of gas from
the Province

PERMIT NO. GR 91-123

WHEREAS the Energy Resources Conservation Board is of the opinion that the granting
of the application by Renaissance Energy Ltd. for the removal of gas from the Province is in the public
interest, and the Minister of Energy has given his approval hereto attached.

THEREFORE, the Energy Resources Conservation Board, pursuant to the Gas Resources
Preservation Act, being chapter G-3.1 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1984, hereby orders as follows:

1. The application of Renaissance Energy Ltd. (hereinafter called "the Permittee") for
removal of gas from the Province, is approved, subject to the terms and conditions herein contained.

2. Gas shall be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit in accordance with
Application No. 911245 by the Permittee dated 27 August 1991.

3. This permit shall be operative for a 1-year term commencing 1 November 1991.

4. The quantity of gas that may be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall
not exceed 55 000 000 cubic metres.

5. The Permittee shall remove or cause to be removed only such gas as is transported on
behalf of the Permittee through Section 9 of Township 20, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian, for
delivery from the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of TransCanada PipeLines
Limited.

6. (1) All gas removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall be measured by or
on behalf of the Permittee by meters approved by the Board.

(2) The relative density, higher heating value and volume of all gas received by the
Permittee through the facilities referred to in clause 5 shall be measured and reported in a manner
approved by the Board, by or on behalf of the Permittee, at or near the points at which gas is delivered by
the said facilities.

7. All quantities of gas for the purpose of this permit shall be referred to a 101.325
kilopascal pressure base and a 15° Celsius temperature base.

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8. The Permittee shall supply gas from the pipeline of NOVA Corporation of Alberta at a
reasonable price to any community or consumer within the Province, or to any public utility requiring gas
for such community or consumer that is willing to take delivery of gas at a point on the pipeline
transmitting the gas, and that, in the opinion of the Board, can reasonably be so supplied by the Permittee.

9. If any community, consumer or public utility is willing to take delivery of gas pursuant to
clause 8 and agreement on the price to be paid for the gas cannot be reached, the price to be paid shall be
determined by the Public Utilities Board on the application of an interested party, and the part of the price
attributable to transportation shall be based on the assumption that the gas has been supplied from the
capable source or sources available to the Permittee nearest to the point of delivery.

10. This permit may be rescinded at any time after 30 January 1992 if no gas has been
removed from the Province pursuant to this permit before 30 January 1992.

11. (1) Attached hereto as Appendix A to this permit is the Ministerial Approval of the
Minister of Energy authorizing the granting of this permit.

(2) This permit is subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by the order of the
Minister of Energy set out in Appendix A.

MADE at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, this 7th day of October, 1991.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

APPENDIX A TO PERMIT NO. GR 91-12 3

GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Ministerial Approval

Edmonton, Alberta

fyri- H . 1991

Pursuant to section 6 of the Gas Resources Preservation Act, I, the
undersigned, Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta, approve
the granting by the Energy Resources Conservation Board of Permit No.
GR 91-12 3 to Renaissance Energy Ltd. (hereinafter called "the
Permittee") , subject to the following terms and conditions:

1(1) In these terms and conditions,

(a) "buy-sell transaction" means a contract or arrangement between
an end user of gas removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
and a distributor under which

(i) the end user sells gas to the distributor for delivery at
a point upstream from the place where the gas will be
consumed or used by the end user, and

(ii) the distributor sells to the end user an equal quantity
of gas for delivery at or near the place where the gas
will be consumed or used by the end user;

(b) "distributor" means a person who carries on business as a
distributor of gas;

(c) "downstream arrangements", in relation to gas removed or to be
removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit, means

(i) downstream contracts relating to the gas, and

(ii) end use arrangements relating to the gas;

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(d) "downstream contract" means a contract under which gas is sold
or otherwise disposed of for delivery outside Alberta and
includes an agreement that amends or varies that contract, but
does not include a buy-sell transaction;

(e) "end use arrangement" means an existing or proposed
arrangement under which gas is or is to be consumed or used
outside Alberta by an end user, and includes a buy-sell
transaction relating to that gas;

(f) "end user", in relation to gas removed or to be removed from
Alberta pursuant to the permit, means a person who consumes or
uses, or will consume or use, the gas at a place outside
Alberta;

(g) "filed downstream arrangements" means

(i) the downstream arrangements respecting the gas removed or
to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit as
described in the information respecting those downstream
arrangements filed with the Minister by the Permittee in
connection with the application for the approval of the
granting of the permit by the Minister, or

(ii) information filed with the Minister by the Permittee
pursuant to section 3(1) of these terms and conditions,

subject to any change in those downstream arrangements in respect of
which there has been compliance with section 2 of these terms and
conditions .

(2) A reference in a provision of these terms and conditions to
"adequate information" means information that is adequate in
the opinion of the Minister for the purpose of that provision.

(3) For the purpose of these terms and conditions, information
shall be considered as being filed with the Minister if the
Minister or an employee of the Department of Energy

(a) has given a written acknowledgement of the filing to the
Permittee, and

(b) has furnished to the permittee copies of that
information.

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2(1) Gas shall not be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
under downstream arrangements different from the filed
downstream arrangements relating to the permit unless

(a) adequate information has been filed with the Minister
respecting the change in the filed downstream arrangements,
and

(b) the Minister has given his written consent to the removal of
the gas from Alberta under the changed downstream arrangements
prior to the effective date of the change as described in the
information filed under clause (a) .

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) , a change in filed
downstream arrangements includes, without limitation,

(a) entering into a downstream contract or making an end use
arrangement that was not previously part of the filed
downstream arrangements, and

(b) an amendment or variation of a downstream contract that
changes or affects the filed downstream arrangements
respecting that downstream contract,

but does not include the termination or discharge of a downstream
contract that was previously part of the filed downstream
arrangements or the cessation of an end use arrangement that was
previously part of the filed downstream arrangements.

3(1) The Permittee will, on being requested to do so by the
Minister by a notice in writing, furnish to or file with the
Minister, within the time prescribed by the notice, any
information described in the notice and relating to the gas
removed or to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit.

(2) The Minister may require that any information furnished to or
filed with him pursuant to these terms and conditions be
verified in any manner the Minister directs.

THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA

GAS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ACT

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

IN THE MATTER of a permit to Northstar Energy
Corporation authorizing the removal of gas from
the Province

PERMIT NO. GR 91-124

WHEREAS the Lieutenant Governor in Council, by Order in Council numbered
O.C. 717/91 and dated 31 October 1991, has authorized the granting of the permit subject to certain
conditions set out on the Order in Council hereto attached.

THEREFORE, the Energy Resources Conservation Board, pursuant to the Gas Resources
Preservation Act, being chapter G-3.1 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1984, hereby orders as follows:

1. The application of Northstar Energy Corporation (hereinafter called "the Permittee") for
removal of gas from the Province, is approved, subject to the terms and conditions herein contained.

2. Gas shall be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit in accordance with
Application No. 901383 by the Permittee dated 21 September 1990.

3. This permit shall be operative for a 6-year term ending 31 October 1997.

4. The quantity of gas that may be removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall
not exceed

(a) during the term of the permit, a total of 296 100 000 cubic metres, nor

(b) for the term ending 31 October 1992, during any consecutive 24-hour period or
any consecutive 12-month period, rates limited by field productivity and good
engineering practice, but in a 24-hour period such rates shall not exceed 72 900
cubic metres and in a 12-month period such rates shall not exceed 26 600 000
cubic metres,

(c) for the term commencing 1 November 1992 and ending 31 October 1997, during
any consecutive 24-hour period or any consecutive 12-month period, rates limited
by field productivity and good engineering practice, but in a 24-hour period such
rates shall not exceed 147 800 cubic metres and in a 12-month period such rates
shall not exceed 53 900 000 cubic metres.

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5. Notwithstanding clause 4, subclauses (b) and (c), the Permittee, for the purposes of
operating flexibility and alleviating temporary operating problems caused by pipeline or equipment failure,
may remove in any consecutive 12-month period an additional 7 per cent of the volume of gas authorized
for such period by clause 4, subclauses (b) and (c).

6. Notwithstanding any provisions of any contract for the purchase or other acquisition of
gas, the Board may require the extraction of any substance or substances except methane from any gas
before its removal from the Province pursuant to this permit.

7. The Permittee shall remove or cause to be removed only such gas as is transported on
behalf of the Permittee through Section 9 of Township 20, Range 1 , West of the 4th Meridian, for
delivery from the facilities of NOVA Corporation of Alberta to the pipelines of TransCanada Pipelines
Limited.

8. (1) All gas removed from the Province pursuant to this permit shall be measured by or
on behalf of the Permittee by meters approved by the Board.

(2) The relative density, higher heating value and volume of all gas received by the
Permittee through the facilities referred to in clause 7 shall be measured and reported in a manner
approved by the Board, by or on behalf of the Permittee, at or near the points at which gas is delivered by
the said facilities.

9. All quantities of gas for the purpose of this permit shall be referred to a 101.325
kilopascal pressure base and a 15 Celsius temperature base.

10. The Permittee shall supply gas from the pipeline of NOVA Corporation of Alberta at a
reasonable price to any community or consumer within the Province, or to any public utility requiring gas
for such community or consumer that is willing to take delivery of gas at a point on the pipeline
transmitting the gas, and that, in the opinion of the Board, can reasonably be so supplied by the Permittee.

11. If any community, consumer or public utility is willing to take delivery of gas pursuant to
clause 10 and agreement on the price to be paid for the gas cannot be reached, the price to be paid shall
be determined by the Public Utilities Board on the application of an interested party, and the part of the
price attributable to transportation shall be based on the assumption that the gas has been supplied from
the capable source or sources available to the Permittee nearest to the point of delivery.

12. Notwithstanding the provisions hereof, the Permittee shall comply with the provisions of
any Act, regulation, order or direction governing the drilling for, production, conservation, gathering,
transportation, processing, purchasing, acquisition, sale, measurement, reporting, testing, supply or
delivery of gas within the Province.

13. This permit may be rescinded at any time after 1 November 1992 if no gas has been
removed from the Province pursuant to this permit before 1 November 1992.

14. (1) Attached hereto as Appendix A to this permit is the order of the Lieutenant
Governor in Council authorizing the granting of this permit.

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(2) This permit is subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by the order of the
Lieutenant Governor in Council set out in Appendix A.

MADE at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, this 1st day of November,

1991.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD

/dlbcrfai

ORDER IN COUNCIL

APPROVED AND ORDERED, °-c- 717/91

'0><JV<UtO October 31, 1991

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR EDMONTON , ALBERTA

Whereas the Energy Resources Conservation Board, having
considered the application by Northstar Energy Corporation, reports
that it is prepared, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor
in Council, to grant a permit to Northstar Energy Corporation
authorizing the removal of gas from the Province:

Therefore, upon the recommendation of the Honourable
the Minister of Energy, the Lieutenant Governor in Council,
pursuant to sections 4 and 13 of the Gas Resources Preservation Act,
approves the granting by the Energy Resources Conservation Board
of Permit No. GR 91-124 to Northstar Energy Corporation in the form
attached and subject to the terms and conditions specified in Attachment 1

C H

ATTACHMENT 1
Terms and Conditions
under the Order in Council approving the granting of
PERMIT NO. GR 91-124

Pursuant to sections 4 and 13(2) of the Gas Resources
Preservation Act, the order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
approving the granting by the Energy Resources Conservation Board of
Permit No. GR 91-124 to Northstar Energy Corporation (hereinafter
called the "Permittee") is subject to the following terms and
conditions :

1(1) In these terms and conditions,

(a) "buy-sell transaction" means a contract or arrangement
between an end user of gas removed from Alberta pursuant to
the permit and a distributor under which

(i) the end user sells gas to the distributor for delivery
at a point upstream from the place where the gas will be
consumed or used by the end user, and

(ii) the distributor sells to the end user an equal quantity
of gas for delivery at or near the place where the gas
will be consumed or used by the end user;

(b) "distributor" means a person who carries on business as a
distributor of gas;

(c) "downstream arrangements", in relation to gas removed or to
be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit, means

(i) downstream contracts relating to the gas, and

(ii) end use arrangements relating to the gas;

(d) "downstream contract" means a contract under which gas is
sold or otherwise disposed of for delivery outside Alberta
and includes an agreement that amends or varies that
contract, but does not include a buy-sell transaction;

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(e) "end use arrangement" means an existing or proposed
arrangement under which gas is or is to be consumed or used
outside Alberta by an end user, and includes a buy-sell
transaction relating to that gas;

(f) "end user", in relation to gas removed or to be removed from
Alberta pursuant to the permit, means a person who consumes
or uses, or will consume or use, the gas at a place outside
Alberta;

(g) "filed downstream arrangements" means

(i) the downstream arrangements respecting the gas removed
or to be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit as
described in the information respecting those downstream
arrangements filed with the Minister by the Permittee in
connection with the application for the approval of the
permit by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, or

(ii) information filed with the Minister by the Permittee
pursuant to section 5 of the Permit Conditions
Regulation (Alta. Reg. 271/87) ,

subject to any change in those downstream arrangements in respect
of which there has been compliance with section 2 of these terms
and conditions.

(2) A reference in a provision of these terms and conditions to
"adequate information" means information that is adequate in the
opinion of the Minister for the purpose of that provision.

(3) For the purpose of these terms and conditions, information shall
be considered as being filed with the Minister if the Minister or
an employee of the Department of Energy

(a) has given a written acknowledgement of the filing to the
Permittee, and

(b) has furnished to the permittee copies of that information.

2(1) Gas shall not be removed from Alberta pursuant to the permit
under downstream arrangements different from the filed downstream
arrangements relating to the permit unless

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(a) adequate information has been filed with the Minister
respecting the change in the filed downstream arrangements,
and

(b) the Minister has given his written consent to the removal of
the gas from Alberta under the changed downstream
arrangements prior to the effective date of the change as
described in the information filed under clause (a) .

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), a change in filed downstream
arrangements includes, without limitation,

(a) entering into a downstream contract or making an end use
arrangement that was not previously part of the filed
downstream arrangements, and

(b) an amendment or variation of a downstream contract that
changes or affects the filed downstream arrangements
respecting that downstream contract,

but does not include the termination or discharge of a downstream
contract that was previously part of the filed downstream
arrangements or the cessation of an end use arrangement that was
previously part of the filed downstream arrangements.

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(